Individual Details
Laura Jenson
(24 Feb 1918 - 9 Jan 1998)
HSO, 10 May 1945, p1
Miss Laura Jenson and Ralph Burdick Married
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Jenson announce the marriage of their daughter, Laura, to Ralph Burdick, Merchant Marine, of Jacksonville, Florida, on May 8, 1945, at Hudson, Wisconsin.
DEATH: Obit, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 11Jan1998. Laura J. Kinney, age 79, of River Falls WI on January 9, 1998.
Laura J. Kinney, 79, of River Falls died Friday, Jan. 9, of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) at Hudson Medical Center.
She was born east of Hudson on Feb. 24, 1918, the daughter of Nels and Gurina (Hallanger) Jenson, and attended Hudson schools, graduating from Hudson High School in 1936. She earned a teaching degree in 1940 from River Falls Teachers College, now UW-River Falls, and taught for four years, a year each in Maiden Rock, Ellsworth, the state of Oregon and Montrose, Minn.
In 1948 she earned a nursing degree from the University of Minnesota and served in the Cadet Nursing Corps in World War II. She worked in public health nursing for a year in St. Paul, worked two years as a nurse at the River Falls hospital and, in 1950, began an 18-year career at the Hudson Hospital.
In 1968 she took a job for two years at the River Falls hospital and then worked for 10 years at the county hospital in New Richmond, retiring in 1980. Shortly before retirement, she began volunteering at Westside Elementary School in River Falls and volunteered there for 18 years, quiting only when she became ill four months before her death.
On Oct. 5, 1950, at St. Patrick's Church in Hudson, she was married to George Emmett Kinney. They lived in Hudson and raised their family in the Northline Schoolhouse on County A. He died June 27, 1977, and in 1978, she moved to River Falls, where she remained for 20 years. Last October, she moved to Friendship Manor in Hudson and lived there until she was admitted to the swing bed unit at Hudson Medical Center, where she died.
Her hobbies included quilting, reading, painting, traveling, arts and crafts and gathering family history. She also volunteered for other groups, including Girl Scouts.
Surviving are three sons, Tim of Minnneapolis, Tom of Hammond and Terry of New Richmond; two daughters, Sheila (Joe) Ambrose of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., and Kathleen (Tim) Smith of Fairbanks, Alaska; two grandchildren, Anna and Emmett Smith of Fairbanks; a former daughter-in-law, Lana Tiche of Boyers, Penn.; and three sisters, Leila Christenson of Wessington Springs, S.D., Jane Rasmussen of New Richmond, and Marge Jenson [sister-in-law] of River Falls. She is also survived by niece Jane (Alfredo) Vega of Hudson [and Joey (Bob) Johnson of Marshfield] and Kinney relatives all over the Hudson area.
A memorial Mass was Monday, Jan. 12, at 1 p.m., at St. Patrick's Church.
Cremation Society of Minnesota handled arrangements. (Hudson Star Obserber, 22Jan1998, p15a)
Hudson Bio Index: George Emmett Kinney (1905-1977)
Source: HSO, 6 Sep 1945, Returns from Overseas; HSO, 30 Jun 1977, Obit, p20
s/o: George B. Kinney & Mary Anna Sammon
m: 1950, Laura Jenson
3 sons: Timothy David, Thomas Joseph, Terrence Michael
2 daughters: Sheila Mary, Kathleen Ann
HHS: 1923
Miss Laura Jenson and Ralph Burdick Married
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Jenson announce the marriage of their daughter, Laura, to Ralph Burdick, Merchant Marine, of Jacksonville, Florida, on May 8, 1945, at Hudson, Wisconsin.
DEATH: Obit, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 11Jan1998. Laura J. Kinney, age 79, of River Falls WI on January 9, 1998.
Laura J. Kinney, 79, of River Falls died Friday, Jan. 9, of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) at Hudson Medical Center.
She was born east of Hudson on Feb. 24, 1918, the daughter of Nels and Gurina (Hallanger) Jenson, and attended Hudson schools, graduating from Hudson High School in 1936. She earned a teaching degree in 1940 from River Falls Teachers College, now UW-River Falls, and taught for four years, a year each in Maiden Rock, Ellsworth, the state of Oregon and Montrose, Minn.
In 1948 she earned a nursing degree from the University of Minnesota and served in the Cadet Nursing Corps in World War II. She worked in public health nursing for a year in St. Paul, worked two years as a nurse at the River Falls hospital and, in 1950, began an 18-year career at the Hudson Hospital.
In 1968 she took a job for two years at the River Falls hospital and then worked for 10 years at the county hospital in New Richmond, retiring in 1980. Shortly before retirement, she began volunteering at Westside Elementary School in River Falls and volunteered there for 18 years, quiting only when she became ill four months before her death.
On Oct. 5, 1950, at St. Patrick's Church in Hudson, she was married to George Emmett Kinney. They lived in Hudson and raised their family in the Northline Schoolhouse on County A. He died June 27, 1977, and in 1978, she moved to River Falls, where she remained for 20 years. Last October, she moved to Friendship Manor in Hudson and lived there until she was admitted to the swing bed unit at Hudson Medical Center, where she died.
Her hobbies included quilting, reading, painting, traveling, arts and crafts and gathering family history. She also volunteered for other groups, including Girl Scouts.
Surviving are three sons, Tim of Minnneapolis, Tom of Hammond and Terry of New Richmond; two daughters, Sheila (Joe) Ambrose of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., and Kathleen (Tim) Smith of Fairbanks, Alaska; two grandchildren, Anna and Emmett Smith of Fairbanks; a former daughter-in-law, Lana Tiche of Boyers, Penn.; and three sisters, Leila Christenson of Wessington Springs, S.D., Jane Rasmussen of New Richmond, and Marge Jenson [sister-in-law] of River Falls. She is also survived by niece Jane (Alfredo) Vega of Hudson [and Joey (Bob) Johnson of Marshfield] and Kinney relatives all over the Hudson area.
A memorial Mass was Monday, Jan. 12, at 1 p.m., at St. Patrick's Church.
Cremation Society of Minnesota handled arrangements. (Hudson Star Obserber, 22Jan1998, p15a)
Hudson Bio Index: George Emmett Kinney (1905-1977)
Source: HSO, 6 Sep 1945, Returns from Overseas; HSO, 30 Jun 1977, Obit, p20
s/o: George B. Kinney & Mary Anna Sammon
m: 1950, Laura Jenson
3 sons: Timothy David, Thomas Joseph, Terrence Michael
2 daughters: Sheila Mary, Kathleen Ann
HHS: 1923
Events
| Birth | 24 Feb 1918 | Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin | |||
| Graduation | 1936 | Hudson High School - Hudson, St. Croix, Wis |  | ||
| Marriage | 8 May 1945 | Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, - Ralph Burdick |  | | |
| Marriage | 5 Oct 1950 | George Emmett "Emmett" Kinney | | ||
| Death | 9 Jan 1998 | Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin | | ||
| Burial | 12 Jan 1998 | Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, St.Patrick's |
Families
| Spouse | George Emmett "Emmett" Kinney (1905 - 1977) |
| Child | Timothy David Kinney |
| Child | Sheila Mary Kinney (1953 - 2017) |
| Child | Thomas Joseph Kinney |
| Child | Kathleen Ann Kinney |
| Child | Terrence Michael Kinney |
| Spouse | Ralph Burdick |
| Father | Nels Johan Jenson (1886 - 1947) |
| Mother | Gurina Hallanger (1883 - 1968) |
| Sibling | Olaf John "Ole" Jenson (1907 - 1974) |
| Sibling | Anna Katherine Jenson (1909 - ) |
| Sibling | Helen Margaret Jenson (1913 - ) |
| Sibling | Ruth Hallanger Jenson (1915 - 1989) |
| Sibling | Leila Jensina Jenson (1918 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Jane Mary Jenson (1924 - 2007) |
| Sibling | Janet Ida Jenson (1924 - ) |
| Sibling | John Robert Jenson (1924 - 1980) |
Notes
Marriage
From Karine's May 10, 1945 letter to son, Cpl. John Stayberg:"There was some news in the Observer today that nearly set me, us, on our ends. “Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Jenson,announce the marriage of their daughter, Laura, to Ralph Burdick, Merchant Marine,of Jacksonville, Florida, on May 8th, 1945, at Hudson, Wis.”
Endnotes
1. Miller, Willis H. and Benoy, Marian Thorson, Hudson High School Alumni Directory Star-Observer Publishing Co., Hudson, Wis., 1973, p30.
2. Correspondence, "I Write One Each Night, the World War II Letters of John W. Stayberg;" Karine's May 10, 1945 letter..
3. Hudson Star-Observer, Hudson, Wis., 7 Jul 1977, I-6, Obituary, George Emmett Kinney.
4. Book, "From County Mayo to St. Croix County, A History of the Northern Branch of the Kinney Families" by Mary Ann Pattison & Greg Kinney, ca 1980s, p.32..
5. Hudson Star-Observer, Obituaries: Hudson Star-Observer (Hudson, Wis.; 22 Jan 1998, p15a).
6. U.S. Social Security Death Index .